James L. Kelly

Partner

Chair, New York Private Equity

Emailjames.kelly@us.dlapiper.com

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Areas of FocusConsumer Goods, Food and Retail Energy and Natural Resources Healthcare Industrials Infrastructure, Construction and Transport Insurance Life Sciences Media, Sport and Entertainment Technology Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity

Bar admissionsNew York

EXPERIENCE

Represented Stellex Capital Management in connection with numerous platform, add-on, investment and exit transactions, including: its acquisition of Fincentric from S&P Global; its leveraged acquisition of TriplePoint and TriplePoint’s MEP sector add-on acquisitions; its leveraged acquisition of G2 Risk Solutions from TransUnion, G2’s add-on acquisitions of ZignSec and EverC; its investment in PLH Group and exit of PLH Group to Primoris Services Corporation; and its leveraged buyout of Peltram Plumbing Holdings, Peltram's numerous plumbing sector rollup acquisitions and Peltram's sale of Precision Plumbing & Service to Comfort Systems
Represented 26North Partners in connection with certain private equity and asset management transactions
Represented HBMA Capital Management in connection with numerous private equity, asset management and other strategic investment activities
Represented Atlas Holdings in its leveraged acquisition of Foster Farms
Represented The Carlyle Group in connection with iC Consult Group’s add-on acquisitions of ICSynergy, SecureITSource and Kapstone Technologies
Represented Bregal Investments in its leveraged acquisition of Juniper Landscaping and Juniper’s numerous landscaping sector rollup acquisitions
Represented Green Courte Partners in the sale of The Parking Spot to KKR
Represented Qatar Sports Investments in the investment by Arctos Partners in Paris Saint-Germain.
Represented Oaktree Capital Management, Assured Investment Management and Stellex Capital Management in the sale of PLH Group to Primoris Services Corporation
Represented Columbus McKinnon Corporation in its leveraged acquisition of Dorner from EQT and its (pending) leveraged acquisition of Kito Crosby from KKR
Represented InfoDesk from inception, including it's numerous financing transactions, strategic acquisitions, and its exit to Cuadrilla Capital
Represented Starling Physicians in its sale to VillageMD
Represented The Wicks Group of Companies in connection with numerous platform, add-on and exit transactions, including: its leveraged buyout of Gladson from Lake Pacific Partners, Gladson’s numerous software sector add-on acquisitions and its exit of Syndigo to The Jordan Company; Invo’s numerous behavioral health sector rollup acquisitions and its exit to Golden Gate Capital; its leveraged buyout of Bonded Services from Berggruen Holdings, Bonded Services’ numerous storage sector add-on acquisitions and its exit to Iron Mountain; its acquisition of Antenna Audio from Discovery Communications; its leveraged buyout of Education Direct from Thomson Corporation and its exit of Penn Foster to The Princeton Group